When no network name is specified for the connection, the default connect string is used. The default connect string is defined with the Com.Connect parameter in the client-side solid.ini configuration file.

The value of the Com.Connect parameter is read by all solidDB^® tools (solsql and so on) and client libraries when no network name is specified for the connection. The client libraries do not need this value if a valid connect string is supplied at run time, or when an ODBC driver manager is used.

If the Com.Connect parameter is not found in the solid.ini configuration file, the client uses the default value tcp localhost 1964 (Windows) or upipe SOLID (Linux and UNIX) instead. The server-side Com.Listen and client-side Com.Connect factory values are set so that if the parameter settings are not available in the solid.ini file, the application (client) connects always to a local solidDB^® server that is listening with the default network name. Thus, local communication (inside one machine) does not necessarily need a solid.ini configuration file for establishing a connection.

The following parameter setting in the solid.ini of the application workstation defines that the application (client) connects using TCP/IP protocol to a solidDB^® server that is running on a host computer named spiff and listening with the name (port number in this case) 1313.